Holdfasts and Staples

This category includes objects with two pointed ends that are bent.

Objects: Holdfasts and Staples Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
950	(none)	(none)	B15322, B15322	Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU.
9534	(none)	(none)	B16915	Copper holdfast(?) (broken) [drawing ]1:1
9574A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Hasps (?) [A-B] Found in the matting above the body and possibly used to fasten the ends of the mats together [drawing] 1:1 (NB the real metal is much thinner than is here drawn)
9574B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Hasps (?) [A-B] Found in the matting above the body and possibly used to fasten the ends of the mats together [drawing] 1:1 (NB the real metal is much thinner than is here drawn)
9655A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper Holdfasts. 2, found together. [drawing 1:1]
9655B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper Holdfasts 2, found together [drawing]1:1
9846A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9846B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9846C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9846D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9847A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt. Found in connection with the copper holdfasts 9846, the latter being on the waist, these being on the shoulder. Possibly they belong to a leather baldrick. Horseshoe shaped head, rounded in section, legs rectangular in section. The legs may originally have been pliable so as to allow of the insertion of cord or such like material within the ring. [drawing 1:1]
9847B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Holdfasts (4) [A-D] Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt. Found in connection with the copper holdfasts 9846, the latter being on the waist, these being on the shoulder. Possibly they belong to a leather baldrick. Horseshoe shaped head, rounded in section, legs rectangular in section. The legs may originally have been pliable so as to allow of the insertion of cord or such like material within the ring. [drawing 1:1]
9847C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Holdfasts (4) [A-D] Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt. Found in connection with the copper holdfasts 9846, the latter being on the waist, these being on the shoulder. Possibly they belong to a leather baldrick. Horseshoe shaped head, rounded in section, legs rectangular in section. The legs may originally have been pliable so as to allow of the insertion of cord or such like material within the ring. [drawing 1:1]
9847D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Holdfasts (4) [A-D] Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt. Found in connection with the copper holdfasts 9846, the latter being on the waist, these being on the shoulder. Possibly they belong to a leather baldrick. Horseshoe shaped head, rounded in section, legs rectangular in section. The legs may originally have been pliable so as to allow of the insertion of cord or such like material within the ring. [drawing 1:1]
9859A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9859D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Copper holdfasts. Possibly for adjusting a belt. Cf. U.9847 similar in type. Splayed ends broken in every case. None complete.
9915B	(none)	1928,1010.345	(none)	Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9916B	(none)	1928,1010.344	(none)	[A-B] Copper Nails 2, round in section and flattened towards the tip, which is bent over as in the case of the clay nails Type VII